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Kate Perkins replied to the topic Premium Souvenir Pack Delivery in the forum RAGBRAI L – 2023 4 months, 2 weeks ago
I would see if your local library has a dvd player that you can check out. I watched mine on my tv using a dvd player cabled to it. If you have a tv, you can probably buy a DVD player that works with your tv for not very much at goodwill.
Kate Perkins replied to the topic Premium Souvenir Pack Delivery in the forum RAGBRAI L – 2023 4 months, 3 weeks ago
I got the last of my basic souvenir pack last Friday (Nov 24). A week earlier, I received the email about a shipping label being created, and I watched the tracking on usps.com, but I didn’t see any updates for a week. Then suddenly it was arriving the next day. The pin was cool, plus I collect pins like that. I wish the documentary had more…[Read more]
Kate Perkins replied to the topic Premium Souvenir Pack Delivery in the forum RAGBRAI L – 2023 5 months, 1 week ago
Erica Determann was just on Just Go Bike podcast and talked about delivery improvements for 2024 souvenir packs. No one in the room acknowledged the atrocious delivery for 2023 souvenir packs. I am still waiting on the pin & the documentary which I was promised in October. November 8th is very late October!
Kate Perkins started the topic Basic souvenir pack 2023 in the forum RAGBRAI L – 2023 8 months, 2 weeks ago
Did anyone else buy the 2023 basic souvenir pack? What did you get? Or does anyone know what was supposed to be in the basic souvenir pack? My bad for not remembering what I bought, but all I got was a nice t-shirt. I don’t think I would have paid $60 for just a t-shirt, but I can’t find a description of the basic souvenir pack online.
Kate Perkins replied to the topic Tips and Advice for First Time Day Rider in the forum RAGBRAI L – 2023 11 months, 3 weeks ago
I wouldn’t jump in for just the last day. True, it has the tire dip at the end, and it’s awesome to ride into the end city with all of the people cheering you on. BUT, it’s not a very ragbrai day. The regular vendors – mr pork chop, beekmans, etc – aren’t out, and in general, a lot of the goofiness just isn’t there. If you can manage to ride…[Read more]
Kate Perkins replied to the topic Cell Phone Service on the Ride in the forum RAGBRAI L – 2023 11 months, 3 weeks ago
Verizon user here. My group has a variety of carriers, and it seems like Verizon is about as good as it gets. Something that works for us is to text from a few miles outside of town rather than in town, especially the meeting town. It may be that because we are a distance from town, not as many people around us are trying to use the same cell…[Read more]
Kate Perkins replied to the topic Debating on sitting this one out… in the forum RAGBRAI L – 2023 1 year ago
16 years for me. I felt like 2021 wasn’t very ragbrai. It didn’t have much of that fun ragbrai spirit, our host families didn’t let us into their houses, and honestly, I felt like maybe it was time for me to move on. Various things happened in 2022 that resulted in me riding again, and it was completely different than 2021! The much better weather…[Read more]
Kate Perkins replied to the topic Need sun protection advice! in the forum RAGBRAI XLIX – 2022 2 years ago
I’m really frugal. I wear a light weight baseball cap under my helmet. It keeps the sun off my head, the brim helps with keeping the sun out of my eyes, and It seems to breathe better than cycling caps. For sleeves and legs, I prefer the white Pearl Izumi ones that you can buy many places. I also bought a pair of bright yellow/green ones from…[Read more]
Kate Perkins replied to the topic route maps with distances between pass through towns in the forum Miscellaneous 2 years, 9 months ago
Now that the daily maps are posted on the website, you can make laminated cards, similar to the ones provided by the Iowa hospital association, for yourself, in case you’re not going to make the expo before they run out. Download the image file, insert the image file in a powerpoint file or similar, size the images, and print the file out. Then…[Read more]
Kate Perkins replied to the topic Lottery results? in the forum RAGBRAI XLVIII – 2021 2 years, 11 months ago
I haven’t heard anything either. I see on the enmotive site that I’m registered, but you can be registered & not be selected in the lottery, right? I thought that if we rolled over our registrations from last year, we were guaranteed a spot? Do I remember that wrong?
Kate Perkins replied to the topic Smaller rides and competitive forces. in the forum RAGBRAI XLVII – 2019 4 years, 4 months ago
I think the initial post captures the state of affairs quite well. There’s no ride like RAGBRAI, no ride with the history, the traditions & the pageantry of RAGBRAI. As an out of state rider, who doesn’t watch ESPN or read the Register except in the last week of July, I had never heard of this controversy until the September email. I think TJ…[Read more]
Kate Perkins replied to the topic Iowa’s Ride FAQ Section in the forum Miscellaneous 4 years, 5 months ago
I ran a bunch of Iowa’s Ride’s webpages through the wayback machine, and although I didn’t do every page, I found nothing that had been updated after Oct 16th. The wayback machine is an internet tool that allows you to see when web pages have been updated & what they looked like in the past.
Kate Perkins replied to the topic Bike speed while training and/or on Ragbrai in the forum RAGBRAI XLVII – 2019 4 years, 10 months ago
I don’t think training speed is the issue. At most you have to make around 80 miles a day, & it’s best but not required to be off road by 6:00 pm when SAG ends. That’s pretty doable even at 10 miles an hour, plus your average speed on the ride is affected by a lot of things, like crowds, hills, headwinds, lines at food stands, stuff you stop to…[Read more]
Kate Perkins replied to the topic Registered for 2018 -but difficulty paying online in the forum RAGBRAI XLVI – 2018 6 years, 4 months ago
I emailed info@ragbrai.com about this. I haven’t heard back, probably because of the holiday. Some services are taxable in Iowa, but I don’t see the ragbrai type of service on the list of taxable services. Here’s the list: https://tax.iowa.gov/iowa-sales-and-use-tax-taxable-services-0